COIFFURED mesh of copper* colorcd hair, half disarranged, yet as scientific as a spiders lumid melting eyes, luminous light born only of itself ? a pitfall on one cheek where art tffture blend indistinguishably ? red, red moist lips beneath which the ardent blood of maidenhood throbs strongly like a runner's pulse ? a seduc tive sweep of velvety throat, with the delicate tracery of veins showing faint' ly violet ? a tempestuous bosom ? And around all tins, Two Arms ? a Man's. GOOD WISHES I I By FORTUNE FREE. 50MK0NK said that the richest person wu? the oue who was fullest of good wishes for others and who received (heir good wishes In return. Wishing others well did him or her ail the good in the world, and the good wishes in return were powerful for good. Don't we lind it so ourselves? No one can do with out them. They are our dearest pos sessions. Montague Williams, the celebrated liritlsh barrister, once related the story of a rather unlovely old gentleman of miserly habits and rejoicing in the nickname amongst the urchins of the neighborhood of "Old Pickbones." Gen erosity was not one of his virtues, and If he wished any human creatures well he kept it a secret to himself. He was m man who seemed impervious to all good wishes ? a Holltary old grtidger who cared nothing for the good or the had wlBhes of any human creature. When he died, however, it turned out that he had been by no means an thick- j skinned as he seemed. He left a will In which he bequeathed money to dif ferent persons, and ten thousand pounds to some unknown Individual whom he directed his solicitor to dis cover If possible. That person had been accustomed to send him yearly an anonymous post card with Just, "Beat wishes at this time to you." The writer gave no clue as to who he was. Did the old gentleman tear the cards up or throw them into the Are? Not a bit of it. He had carefully preserved them ? tied them up in a nice packet "If tho writer cau be dis covered," he ordered In his will, **l The Old Way and the New. Old-fashioned people used to sj>end the long evenings of fall and winter at home, munching po|?corn or apples over the Bible, Shakespeare or Dlck? ens. Moderns go to the movies and l??t the Charlie Chnpllns and Mary IMck fords Improve their tninds. Exposition Building Takes Trip. Tho Ohio building of the Panama - .exposition was embarked on a ^8-mHe voyage between 8an Francisco bay anttslts new site, to become the _ abode Ran Carlos Country club. ~ The bnllmng traveled on scows and ,4PM. to*red br ocean going tugs. bequeath Mm ten thousand pounds for. his good will. ' I would dearly have liked fur thtt~ sender of those post cards to have got tluit money, hut all efforts to And him . proved unavailing. One cannot help wishing well to the ; person who wishes others well, tlood wishes are the biggest bond on earth. Isn't It a delightful thing to think that others are thinking of us? The well-wisher Is thinking of us. lie also puts his good thought for us into words: "I wish you every good luck." or something of that kind. It. is like a grasp of a hand pressing ours. It blesses both the giver and the receiver. I don't know which get? i the most out of It. | There are times when the world breaks out into a mighty shout, as It were, of good wishes. Christmas time Is the great season. Never had we more nved of them thun at this coming Christmas time. It is an enormous op portunity for the good wisher to make his power felt. It is ? curious and beautiful thing about this Christmas spirit that year after year it loads us to attempt the all but Impos sible, In order to give pleasure to others ; while in the end ev eryone's Joy la the result, not of what he has received from oth ers, but of what hG has done for, them. Utility. "Does your wife favor useful gifts 7" "Too much," replied Mr. Meek ton. "Last Christmas sjie bought roe a nice, now snow shovel. Club Has Unusual Rule*. l'nu?unl rules hnvo been adopted by th?? Thimble Bee Huh of 20 members, <>t' Florence, Pa. Any member who Is n imisiclnn and does not bring her fa vor'te Instrument or song to the meet ing Is to be fined. All must have their fnr.ry work, tho membership of the or ganization belnt; limited to young | women. - ' ' " j Growth of Esperanto. The literature of Ksperanto has In- 1 creased from 20 l>ooks in 1880 to 2,500 In 1014. Hid during the Inst three or four veei-s six full-length original nov els have l>oeo published In the Ian |Mf^ -? The Christmas Peal By IfARttJfiT FRIiSCOTT SPOPFORP -? | ~ ' / SWINGING across the belfry , tower . : The bells rang backward all the hour. ! They rang, they reeled, they rdshed, they roared; ! Their tongue* tumultuous music poured. ! The old walls rocked ; the peals out swept ; i Far up the steep their eohoes leaped, I Soaring and sparkling till th/iy burst Like bubbles round the topmost horn That reddens to the hint of morn, That halts some trembling star the first, And all the realms of ice and frost Prom field to field those joy bells tossed. They answered from their airy height ; They thrilled; they loosed their i bands for flight; They knew that it was Christmas ; night. Where awful absences of sound The gorge in death's dumb rjgor bound, Below and deep within the wood, Windless and weird the blaok pines stood. The iroii boughs slow swaying rose And fell and shook their ? sifted snows And stirred in every stem and branch To the wild musio in the air From far lone upper regions where Loose plunged the silver avalanohe. All up and down the valley side These iron boughs swayed far and wide. . | They heard the cry along the height ; They poised in time with that glad flight; , . j They knew that it was Christmas night. You who with quickening throbs shall mark Such swells and falls swim on the dark i As crisp as if the clustered rout In starry depths sprang ohiming out, *" As if the Pleiades should dng, I.yra should touch her tenderest Ltring. Aide bar an his spear heads clp.ng, Great Bctc!geu:c and Sirius blow Their mighty horns and Fomalhaut With wild sweet breath suspended!, "^ng, , | Know 'tis your heartbeats with I those bells, Loosen the snow clouds' vibrant cells. Stir the vast forest on the height, Your heartbeats answering to the light ; Flashed earthward the first Christ mas night. Some Christmas Beliefs Ilolly berries possess and give won derful power when worn in the shape of n wreath, which muat be made in Imitation of the sacred crown of thorns and of berries as red as blood, and the wearer must go alone at midnight on Christmas and sit In a ehnreh in the dark, according to an ancient belief. Second sight will then come to him, and Into the church will file those of his friends who will die during the coming year. Worn on Christmas eve tho holly wreath will evoke vlslous of spirit forma coming in the air to sing their Noel songs, and all the beasts will be seen to kneel down in worship, if preserved for a year the crown will give the owner safety from violence. In some parts of England It is believed that unless every bit of holly be re moved from the bouse by Twelfth Night some 111 luck will come. Mince pies can also bring luck, but only one must be offered and eaten in the house. The one accepted and eaten will in sure to the eater a portion of good luck on h day to come in the ensuing year. To eat two would spoil the luck, >?n If three be eaten on Christmas in oqo house ill luck will follow. If the pie's crust be In tho shape Of a manger (the tir*t mince pies ever made had crusts of this shape), then the luck Is better. To represent the manger strips of pastry used to l>e laid crosswise over the pie. ' The samo power as the bride cake Is possessed by the Yule cake on Christ mas nl^ht, and If a maiden place a piece of It under her pillow on Christ mas night ahe will dream Of her fnture husband. A portion of the cake should be kept for the next year* as it brings lock to the house. If one wonld have a eocceoaful year he or abe must again partake of the plum podding on New Year's day. , . ? ^ " "v' f tXx NOTICE. "~1 OUIce of Treasurer. Kembaw C*. Camden. s. C., Sept. 20. Mitt.' Notice Is Hereby glvou that the book* will Ik* o|kmi f? ?r collecting State, Coun ty and School taxes from October 15th, ihiu, to .Muy? l? 15tli, UMT. A jK'iialty ut 1 per cent. will l?e atUluU t?i nil laxea mi i mi i? l Jan. 1st. 1017 ; l' per <-eu(. K? i. 1. j r? 1 7 ; 3 per cent. March I, 101?. The rati* per centum for Ker.shaw c?>un(v i> as follow*: Ai H I Stato taxes O'/j ( *? >ii 1 1 1 \ (axes ' Special taxes 1 II | Ito'ld tUXCS ) s . ? h ? m > t taxes . . 8 Total ?20% | Thy following school districts have J sjHHial levies: S|NH'ial school tax l>lstrlct No. 1.5 S|H>clal school tax District No. 4 S|>eclal .school tax District No. 4 4 S|>ecial school tax District No. (1 1 S|MH'ial school tan District No. 7 1 Special school tax District No. 8 4 Special school tax District No. 0 -1 Special school tax District No. 10 6 Special school tax District No. 11 5 Sprclal school tax District No. 12 7 Special school tax District No. 13 4 ? Special school tux District No. II 8 Special school fax District No. 15 It Special school tax District No. 17 3 S (M'cia I school fax District No. 18 4 ; Special school tux District No. 10 4 Special school tax District No. 20 4 | Special school tax District No. 21. 2 i Special school t ti x District No. 22 7] Special school tax District No. 23 3' Special school tax District No. 24 4 I Special school tax District No. 2C? 4 Special school tax District No. 20 4 'Special school tax District No. 27. ...0 Special school tax District No. 2S....G Special school tax District No. 20 ...4 Special school tax District No. 30.. ..2 S|*vlal school tax Dlsfrjct No. 37. ...2 Sjs'cial school tax District No. 31... .0 Special school tax District No. 32.. ..4 Special school tax District No. 33. ...4 Special school tax District No. 34.. ..4 Special school tax District No. 35. ...4 Spccial school tax District No. 30.... 4 S|>eclal school tax District No 40. .11 Special school tax District No. 40. ...8 Special school tax District No. 47....4 The poll tTix is $1.00. All ahle-bodled male i>ersons from (lie age of twenty-one (21) to sixty (0<>> years, both inclusive, except resi dents of the incorporated towns of the county shall pay $2.00 as a road tax, except ministers of the gosi>el actually In charge of a congregation, teachers employed in public schools, school trus tees and persons i>ermanently disabled in tin* military service of this State, and j?ersons who served in the late war between the States, and nil per sons actually employed in the quaran tine service of this State and all red dunt? who may be JittendThg school or college at the time when said* road tax simii become due. Persons cla lin ing disabilities must present certificates from two reputable physicians of this county. All information as to taxes will be furnished upon application. I). M. MeCAXKIM,. County Treasurer. fmmn 7; ? ,v ? ? ? ?< vy | f .Xwfrjf'Wfl V ' ' ' f The KjXH'Uil cotumbuiou uppoiuUHl by governor M^unlng meet in Columbia. December 18, to outline lutuiran;** leninlatton wli'Mi will l>o roeoiutnended In tho general aaaeuibly. Tlie Seahywd railway trvatlu yvur Hull Swamp, was destroyed by flro Thursday. Tbo trestle wun about uluo ty feet long. Traffic will bo disturbed for nt^eral days as a result of tlie hurnlui: of tho trestl?\ !"^S Robert Minor, u uegro of ? ttehl t*>uuty, wttH kuum'mv.mTJ be win* burlixt under amr*) J flirt ca\w*Hl by Ui?? cartig jig Hra^' i ,v d H. Obulk ol l'orUiuuutb, twtiiK UeW lu Columbia oh * tkf HtcttUng a watch ami t^ot ?y from a fuu?lty with whom boarding. ? 1 HRISTMAS FRESH CRANBERRIES, CELERY, LETTUCE, CAU-i LI FLOWER. FRESH FRUITS, MALAGA GRAPEj^l NUTS, RAISINS, CANDIES, PLUM PUDDING, FRUnJ CAKES, PICKLES, OLIVES, MAPLE SYRUP, Bill* I WHEAT FLOUR. TEA, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE floJ COA LANG'S High-Grade GROCER1 PHONE 2 Country Merchants Needing . i ===== Heavy Groceries, Flour, Sugar, Rice, Lard, Bacon,;: Meal, Grits, Hay, Grain and Crackers, will fifed it to th?r. advantage to eee us. Workman Grocery Co. Crotker Building " " Carolina's Greatest Cut-Rate Tire Concern TIRES NEW, CLEAN FRESH STOCK "V ? . Factory Surp ? * ? .y.. ,-?* * ^Trrr FISK, FIRESTONE, PULLMAN, GOODYEAR, UNITED - STATES, OHIO, A J AX, BRAENDER, GORDON, ^ASSAU, MANSFIELDi AMERICAf TiONAL, RACINE, AND OTHER STANDARD MAKES AT THESE PREV. PRICES: .w VC-.-V- -Jr. &TT-. SIZE 28x3 30 x 3 .... 30x3i/2 31 xSVfe 32 x 3Vfe 34x3i/2 31 x 4 32 x 4 33 x 4 84 x 4 35 x 4 36 x 4 34x41/2 35 x 4 V2 36x4^. 37 x AVi 34 x 5 ... 35x5 ... 36 X 5 ... 37 x 5 PLAIN Non-Skid ....$6.70 ... 7.20. 9,36. .... 9.86. 10.74. ...12.16. ...14.32. ....14.60. ...15.32. r. 15.67. ... 16.40. ...lt\67. ...l'J.33. ...20.20. ...20.62 . 21.38 ...21.65. 22.59. .22.91. . 28.12. ...$7.37 ... 7.93 ...10,30 ...10.84 ...11,82 ...13.38 ...15,75 ...16,00 ...16.85 7.. 17,24 .;. 18,05 ...18,34 ...21.28 ...22.22 ...22,58 ...23.50 ...24,97 ...25,85 ...26,95 - ...29,50 ..